Post by davidmorrocco on Jun 28, 2021 12:16:58 GMT -6
I watched Above Suspicion on TCM. I don’t remember the last time I saw it. It was like watching it for the first time. I thought it would be a war story. It was more of a mystery with clues that lead up to solving the mystery. So, I liked it better than I thought I would. Here’s some online trivia I found on this movie.
Joan Crawford always said she wished Alfred Hitchcock had directed this film. Actor Conrad Veidt's final film before his death from a heart attack in 1943. This was his second film with Joan Crawford, having appeared alongside her two years before in A Woman's Face (1941). Female bit players were not allowed to wear make-up in scenes that took place in Germany, as Adolf Hitler had banned it in 1933. This was the final film Joan Crawford made under her long-term contract with M-G-M. Frustrated at being continuously offered what she considered "second rate scripts," shortly after completing this, Crawford chose to buy out her studio contract (at great personal expense) and continue her career elsewhere. It was nearly two years later that she appeared in her next leading role, Mildred Pierce at Warner Brothers, for which she won the 1945 Academy Award as Best Actress. According to MGM production files, Stuart Hall coached Joan Crawford and Fred MacMurray in Cockney accents. Neither actor used a Cockney accent in the completed picture, however. Clark Gable turned down the role of Richard Myles. This marked the only time that Fred MacMurray co-starred with Joan Crawford, and was the first MGM picture in which he appeared.
In December 1941, William Powell was announced as the male lead in the picture, and in July 1942, Myrna Loy was announced as his co-star. However, Fred MacMurray and Joan Crawford were cast in the leads. The shopkeeper prevents Professor Myles from closing his lighter and blows out the lighter's flame instead. Immediately after this, there is a closeup of the shopkeeper's face and the lighter shows in the lower left corner. The flame of the lighter is still burning. At approximately 56:00, Sig von Aschenhausen puts down a decanter with his left hand, but when the camera angle changes, he removes his right hand from the decanter. As the Bride and Groom are leaving Oxford, their chauffeur opens the car door for them, which makes the crew visible in the reflection. When the couple is leaving Oxford after their wedding, Frances limps on her left foot. When leaving the Liszt concert, she limps on her right foot.
Joan Crawford always said she wished Alfred Hitchcock had directed this film. Actor Conrad Veidt's final film before his death from a heart attack in 1943. This was his second film with Joan Crawford, having appeared alongside her two years before in A Woman's Face (1941). Female bit players were not allowed to wear make-up in scenes that took place in Germany, as Adolf Hitler had banned it in 1933. This was the final film Joan Crawford made under her long-term contract with M-G-M. Frustrated at being continuously offered what she considered "second rate scripts," shortly after completing this, Crawford chose to buy out her studio contract (at great personal expense) and continue her career elsewhere. It was nearly two years later that she appeared in her next leading role, Mildred Pierce at Warner Brothers, for which she won the 1945 Academy Award as Best Actress. According to MGM production files, Stuart Hall coached Joan Crawford and Fred MacMurray in Cockney accents. Neither actor used a Cockney accent in the completed picture, however. Clark Gable turned down the role of Richard Myles. This marked the only time that Fred MacMurray co-starred with Joan Crawford, and was the first MGM picture in which he appeared.
In December 1941, William Powell was announced as the male lead in the picture, and in July 1942, Myrna Loy was announced as his co-star. However, Fred MacMurray and Joan Crawford were cast in the leads. The shopkeeper prevents Professor Myles from closing his lighter and blows out the lighter's flame instead. Immediately after this, there is a closeup of the shopkeeper's face and the lighter shows in the lower left corner. The flame of the lighter is still burning. At approximately 56:00, Sig von Aschenhausen puts down a decanter with his left hand, but when the camera angle changes, he removes his right hand from the decanter. As the Bride and Groom are leaving Oxford, their chauffeur opens the car door for them, which makes the crew visible in the reflection. When the couple is leaving Oxford after their wedding, Frances limps on her left foot. When leaving the Liszt concert, she limps on her right foot.